Window-shade cover.



Patented Oct. 23, |900.

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P W VANDENHOFF WINDOW SHADE COVER.

(Application led Oct. 6, 1899.)

(N0 Model.)

UNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL W. VANDENHOFF, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WINDOW-SHADE COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0,660,473, dated October 23, 1900. Application led October 6, 1899. Seria] No. 732,805. (No model.)

T0 all 'whom t Ntcty concern:

Beit known that I, PAUL W. VANDENHOEE,`

a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Covers, ot' which the following is a specilication.

The object of my invention is to make a cover or case to protect window-shades from becoming dirty and discolored where exposed on the spring-roll; and my invention consists in the features and details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation, partly in section, showing the application of my improved window-shade cover; Fig. 2, a transverse section taken in the line 2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the cover.

As is well known, window-shades become soiled with dust and dirt, particularly at the point immediately above the roller, so that when they are drawn down there will be a soiled or dirty streak across the shade at that point. If a shade be left up or partially up for a few days, the dust and grime that will settle on it immediately above the roller will be very noticeable when it is again drawn down. Furthermore, the shade is seldom entirely rolled up around the roller when in its up condition, but usuallya few inches is left hanging down. IVhen the shade is lowered, this soiled and discolored strip will mar and even spoil the appearance of the shade. These results are particularly noticeable on light-colored shades and shades of the better quality. It is to obviate this deterioration and injury from the accumulation and settlement of dust and grime that my invention is made.

In making my improved window shade cover I make a cover A of any desired material-as,for instance,tin, papie1mach,wood pulp, or other light material which can easily be formed into the desired shape. Of course it will be understood that the cover will be finished by painting or otherwise, so that it will present any desired color and appearance. The cover is provided at its lower edge with a lip ct and preferably two of them, between which the window-shade is intended to be drawn out or allowed to pass through as it is being wound up on the roller. I provide caps or end pieces B for the cover, made of thedesired size, to fit over and be retained upon the ends, and provide them with holes to permit the rods or pintles on the ends of the roller to pass through the caps and be received into their usual brackets or supports. No other means are provided for supporting the cover. It rests upon and is carried by the rods or pintles by which the shade-roller is held in place. It is desirable that the `lips of the cover should always depend or hang down, as shown in the drawings. To this end I may arrange the hole h slightly eccentric or nearer the top of the caps or end pieces, so that the weight of the covers will be on the underside. This insures the proper positioning of the opening in the cover without having to depend upon theshade ,itself to hold it in position, or if it is preferred to have the holes in the caps arranged at their axial centers then the proper positioning ofthe opening in the cover and the downward position of the lips can be obtained by making an angular opening in the cap at that end of the roller in which the rod or pintle is made angular to fit its support or bracket. As is well known, one of the rods or pintles is always made angular in form to be received into an angular recess in its support or bracket, and the hole in the cap at this end may be made of corresponding angular form, as shown in Fig. 3. I also prefer to make the opening between the lips sui'iiciently narrow to prevent the lower bar or stick of the windowshade from passing between them. In this way they will always prevent the shade from being unwoundby the spring-roller carrying its end up and around it, as frequently happens, a number of times. I also prefer to have the rear lip-the one nearest the window-depend in substantially a right line or with much less inclination than the front lip, as shown in Fig. 2.

In assembling the parts the shade is mounted on the spring-roller in the usual way. One of the caps or end pieces is removed-is made removable for the purpose-and the springroller, with the curtain-roll put on it to the point desired, is slid into the cover through the end with the shade protruding out through IOO the opening' between the lips. The rod or on whichto mount and hold the Cove pintle on the end of the roller iii-st inserted around the roller, substantially as c passes through the oep o1' end .piece left on 3. A Wndow-shade'cover y); l the cover, `(md the cap or end piece, taken off end with r o 5 to permit the insertion of the roller l I' placed on or Aapplied in p pintle at that end of th through the hole i x the @over thus l l0 D11@ mikem l p 

